Petroleum-burner



(No Model.)

0. V. PLEETWOOD.

PETROLB UM BURNER.

NO. 392,022. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

drame OALEB V. vFLEEIVVOOD, OF CLEVES, OHIO.

PETROLEUIW BURNER.

SPECIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent 310.392.022. dated October 1888. Application filed January 23, 1888. Serial No. 261,704. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALEB V. FLEETWOOD, of Cleves, in the connty of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Petroleum-Burners, which improvement is fully set forth in the iollowing specification and aooompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in sec tion, of a stove eqnipped with my petrolenm borner. Fig. 2 is a side view of the borner removed from the stove; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the interrnediate reservoir for supplying petroleum to the bnrner; and Fig. 4, enlarged, a perspective view of the hinged retienlated pad or partition for the fire-ohamber of the burner.

The object of this invention is to provide a petroleum-bnrner. Althongh it can be used in stoves of all kinds, and is also applicable to fnrnaces and boilers, I have especially arranged it, as herein shown, for cookingstoves, and an examination of the principles involved Will show its ready adaptability for stovcs and furnaces.

My invention consists in providing the ordinary firebox of a stove with a V-shaped metal trongh, the rear end of which extends np the rear fire-wall and the front wing pro- 0 jects forward to the front wall of the stove.

The trough has shallow end pieces, so as t0 enable it to retain*a certain amonnt of oil, and this trongh is supplied with oil by means of a pipe centrally attached to the base of this trough, which leads to a reservoir located in the fire-box of the stove directly forward of this trough. Above the V-shaped trough, a short distance Iorward of its conter, is a partition whieh inclines forwardly,and the lower end of which terminates at a suitable point above the trongh. On the front side of this partition, near its base, is hinged a gate, the forward end of which swings against the inclined side of the V-shaped trough. On the rear side of this partition is a ledge to receive a horizontally-disposed reticulated partition, the rear edge of which is hinged against the inclined rear wall of the trough, for purposes which Will now be specifically set out.

I have found by experimenting With petro leum as a fuel that while absorbentssuch as mineral W001, asbestus, and other non-combustible fibrous materials-are often servicealole for the purpose of making afire-bed, itis essential that this maierial must be constantly renewed or changed, so as to obviate the great liability of ologging. I also find that wherea bed is used the atmosphere does not properly commingle with the carbone gases formed by the heat; benne smoke and soot is the result. For oooking-stoves especially it is necessary that the flarhe should be as white as possible and not capable of generating or depositing soot. I aecomplish this by the following mechanism:

The stovo shown in the accompanying draw-- ings is of the ordinary kind where the combustion-chamber extends across the forward end of the stove, and in applying my burner the grate of the stove is removed. The borner is composed of a V-shaped trough, the rear wing, A, of which extends up alongside of the rear 'firewall, B, of the stove, while the front Wing, C, extends forward to the front wall, D, of the stove. The trough proper, as shown at E, is designed to hold the petroleum, and has end pieces, F, integral With the Wings A 0. It will be observed that the rear wing, A, is nearly vertical, while the front wing is more nearly in a horizontal position.

In the space below the front wing, 0, is 10- cated a triangnlar-shaped reservoir, G, the rear tapering end of WhCh has a pipe, H, by means of which connection is made with the base of the trough E midway between the ends. This reservoir is also connected With the main reservoir I on the rear end of the stove by means of a pipe, J. A suitable cock, K, is 10- cated in this pipe, so as to regnlate the fiow of the fiuid. The front end of the reservoir G bas au opening, L, supplied with a glass, and on the side of the opening is a scale, by Which means the quantity of oil in the reservoir can be noted and measured. It will be observed that the reservoir G is so located that the base of the reservoir is only slightly 10 wer than the bottom of the trough E. WVhen, thereforc, the petrolenm fills the reservoir to the dotted line M, the oil will rise to the same level in the trongh, and as it gradnally consumes, the oil passes through the pipe H until all the petrolenm in the trough is exhausted, and only a small a monnt remains in the bottom of the reservo1r.

The trough E is V shaped for a particular purpose. WVhen it is filled with petroleum, it exposes to the flame a large surface. When, however, it is only partially filled,there is less oil-surface proportionately, and by regulating the inflow to the reservoir'G by means of the cock K any desired degree of heat may be produced. The door M in the front part of the stove can be opened to expose the reservoir G.

Above the V-shaped trongh and a little forward of the center of the trough is the lower dependent end of the partition N. This partition also extends from one end of the fire box to the other, and its ends are seoured to the end walls of the fire-box of the stove,or in such a manner thereto as not to permit air to pass from one side of the partition to the other. The lower end terminates ata point slightly above the end pieces, F, of the trough, while the angle or inclination of theupper end of the partition is toward the front, the extreme npper end being cnrverl and made to fit against the top of the stove. The lower end of this partition has on its rear side a ledge, 0, and directly across from this on a horizontal line is a partition, P, hinged oither to the inclined Wing A or to the sides of the stove, so that it Will turn down with its forward end resting on the ledge 0. As shown in Fig. 4, the rod Q, to which the partition P is attaehed projects at each end,and one of the ends is equipped with a right-angled extension, R, which is on the outside of the stove, and by means of which the partition P can be tnrned np or down. The object of this hinged partition is as follows: The trough E is the initial combustionchamber for the crude oil, the air for supplying the combustion being received through the spaoe between the lower end of the vertical partition N and the front wing of the trough. After the heat has reached a certain point (the hinged partition P being in the meanwhile turned up, as shown in Fig. 2) the partition is turned down, as shown in Fig. 1. The same quantity of air continues to liow in below the partition N, or an additional amount may be turned on and thereby supply a greater amount of nitrogen gas to the carbonic product generated by the heat below the partition P. The partition P being composed, preferably, of looselywoven asbestns cloth, or of any other reticulated ineombnstihle material, acts as a momentary retainer of the gases, and as they issue through this reticnlated partition they ignite above the partition and prodnee a clear bright flame of great temperature and admirably adapted for cookingstoves. The retienlated partition must be very loosely WOVen, so the gases can readily pass through; but as it would be difficult without experiment in eaoh case to state the quantity I cannot be more specific as to the manner of oonstructing it.

On the front side of the vertical partition, near its lower end, is hinged a gate, S, the front edge of which rests on the inclined wing O. A rod, T, which extends down the inclined wing, has its lower cnrved end resting under the gate S, so that it may be raised or moved to or from the plate 0 at Will. By this means the flow of air to the combustioh-chamber below the horizontal partition Pis regulated. It will be observed, therefore, that the combus tionehamber is practically divided horizontall y into two compartments, the compartment below the partition being the initial combustion-chamber, while the part above the partition is the prime or heating chamber for the stove.

\Vhat I clain1 as new is 1. A borner for the fire-box of astove, composed of a Vshaped trongh, in combination With a central vertioally-disposed permanent partition, and on its forward side an adjustable gate for regulating the inflow of air, and the oil-supply tank, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the V-shaped combnstion-trough, the reservoir and oonnectingpipes, the vertically-disposed partition above the trongh, and the hinged reticulated horizontal partition on one side and the hinged adjntable gate on the other side thereof, sub stantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the Vshaped trough, composed ofthe rear wing, A, and the forward wing, 0, the partition dependentin said trough and having a ledge, 0, on its rear side, combied With hinged partition P, adapted to rest in its horizontal position on said ledge, and thereservoir G,substantially as described.

In testimony that I daim the foregoing I have herennto set my hand, this 20th day of J anuary, 1888, in the presence of two witnesses.

C. V. FLEETWOOD.

WVitnesses:

EDWARD BARTON, R. S. MILLAR.

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